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All-American Comics 100

ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #100

Cover Date: August 1948
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Alex Toth


Story: "Johnny Thunder" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Kanigher
ArtAlex Toth
LetteringAlex Toth
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Johnny Thunder (John Tane; first appearance; last in Impulse Annual #2/2; also appears in All Star Western #113 between panels)

Supporting Character(s):

Sheriff John Tane (first appearance; last in Impulse Annual #2/2; Johnny's father and Sheriff of Mesa City; also appears in All Star Western #113 between panels)
Black Lightnin' (first appearance; Johnny's horse; also called Black Lightning; also appears in All Star Western #113 between panels)
Kathy O'Neill (first appearance; owner of the Hi-Kathy Ranch located near Mesa City)
Kit O'Neill (first appearance; Kathy's younger brother)

Villain(s):

rustlers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Mesa City (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Johnny Thunder's adventures take place in the Old West, but the specific time period is never mentioned in the stories. Due to his marriage after the end of the series, his next appearance is dated 1872, so the majority of his tales take place post-Civil War (1865) through 1872.


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Second Story: "The Man Who Lived in a Boot!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRudy Palais
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Doctor Mid-Nite (next in All-Star Comics #42)

Villain(s):

Gloves and his gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Judson (first appearance; an architect friend of McNider's)


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Third Story: "The Smuggler's Signal!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsArthur Peddy
InksBernard Sachs
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Black Pirate

Supporting Character(s):

Justin Valor

Villain(s):

Smugglers (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

17th Century England


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Fourth Story: "Gotham's Golden Jubilee" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Broome
ArtIrwin Hasen
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Green Lantern (last in Green Lantern #33/3; next in All-Star Comics #42)

Supporting Character(s):

Doiby Dickles (last in Green Lantern #33/2)

Villain(s):

Knodar

Other Character(s):

Ann Hunt (first appearance; an actress mistaken by Knodar as the Black-Eyed Bandit of the 23rd Century)

Location(s):

25th Century
Gotham City


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